windowsforms-devexpress-dot-xtramap-f864e872.md
This class is obsolete. Microsoft deprecated Bing Maps on June 30th, 2025. For alternative providers, see https://www.devexpress.com/bing-maps-winforms
Contains settings that define the parameters for searching via the Microsoft Bing service.
Namespace : DevExpress.XtraMap
Assembly : DevExpress.XtraMap.v25.2.dll
NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.Map
[Obsolete("This class is obsolete. Microsoft deprecated Bing Maps on June 30th, 2025. For alternative providers, see https://www.devexpress.com/bing-maps-winforms")]
[PreferableMember("BingSearchOptions", "", "")]
public class BingSearchOptions :
MapNotificationOptions
<Obsolete("This class is obsolete. Microsoft deprecated Bing Maps on June 30th, 2025. For alternative providers, see https://www.devexpress.com/bing-maps-winforms")>
<PreferableMember("BingSearchOptions", "", "")>
Public Class BingSearchOptions
Inherits MapNotificationOptions
The following members return BingSearchOptions objects:
Bing Search options are represented by the BingSearchOptions object that can be accessed via the BingSearchDataProvider.SearchOptions property.
Then, you can specify the displayed number of search results (BingSearchOptions.ResultsCount) and other search parameters.
This example demonstrates how to allow users to search for a specific place on a map using the Search panel.
To enable searching in the map control, do the following.
BingSearchDataProvider and assign it to the InformationLayer.DataProvider property.BingMapDataProvider.BingKey property.The Search panel appears automatically (since the MapSearchPanelOptions.Visible property value is true by default).
using DevExpress.XtraMap;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace ConnectBingSearchProvider {
public partial class Form1 : Form {
const string bingKey = "YOUR BING KEY HERE";
InformationLayer SearchLayer {
get {
return (InformationLayer)mapControl1.Layers["SearchLayer"];
}
}
public Form1() {
InitializeComponent();
BingSearchDataProvider searchProvider = new BingSearchDataProvider() {
BingKey = bingKey
};
searchProvider.SearchOptions.ResultsCount = 5;
SearchLayer.DataProvider = searchProvider;
}
}
}
Imports DevExpress.XtraMap
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Namespace ConnectBingSearchProvider
Partial Public Class Form1
Inherits Form
Private Const bingKey As String = "YOUR BING KEY HERE"
Private ReadOnly Property SearchLayer() As InformationLayer
Get
Return CType(mapControl1.Layers("SearchLayer"), InformationLayer)
End Get
End Property
Public Sub New()
InitializeComponent()
Dim searchProvider As New BingSearchDataProvider() With {.BingKey = bingKey}
searchProvider.SearchOptions.ResultsCount = 5
SearchLayer.DataProvider = searchProvider
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
Object ViewStatePersisterCore BaseOptions MapNotificationOptions BingSearchOptions
See Also